Colter's Toy Box

Well, I did it!  I completed four quilt, three (technically four) rag purses and upcycled a t shirt in two weeks.  Each project was a labor of love and I couldn't stop 'foofing' on the quilts even though they were about to be auctioned!  It's kind of funny that when I made the rag purses, one of them had a very minor mistake so I decided that I liked the mistake and kept that purse for myself!  Ha!

I made three t shirts quilts for the auction and one standard rag quilt.  The standard rag quilt was made to represent the NBA team, the Oklahoma City Thunder.  The other t shirts quilts were of the Oklahoma Sooners, Oklahoma State Cowboys and another OKC Thunder quilt.  I had an amazing experience buying the t shirts for the OU and OSU quilts. 

Since I live in Texas it is very difficult to find OU and OSU t shirts so during a trip to Oklahoma (during the tornado outbreaks, different story), I went to a consignment shop named Bargain Lady and was met at the door by the two sweetest girls.  I told them I was shopping for OU and OSU shirts.  I told them I needed a lot of them and they inquired what for so I told them I was making quilts for a children's cancer charity.  The two of them searched the store with me as well as the manager.  They gave me all kinds of discounts and even lowered the price on one shirt over 90%.  They were awesome!

Then I began shopping on eBay for more t shirts when I began auctioning for an OU t shirt from a lady named Kasie.  She contacted me about a mistake in the listing about the size of the shirt.  I told her that the size of the shirt didn't matter since I was making a quilt.  She asked was the quilt was for and I told her about the charity.  She refunded my money as well as the postage, sent two extra t shirts because her husband is from Oklahoma as well as the good cause.  I sent her a pic of the quilt and the results of the auction.  The OU quilt sold for $500 and the items I made generated $2025 for my cousin's charity.  I'm so excited for the children who will benefit from this money!

I had a great time at the event where I saw friends and family I haven't seen for such a long time.  I'm posting several pictures of the items that I made and sold for the charity.  Now I'm auctioning a custom made rag quilt for a former co worker of mine that is battling her second round of stage 4 breast cancer.  There is an online auction for the quilt and so far the bid is $200.  The auction ends at 10 pm on Friday, June 21st...my mother in law is adding $50 to the final bid amount.  Let's hope we can get a whole bunch of cash to help her with the costs!